Verse 1
God of uncreated love,
God of spotless purity,
Send thine image from above
Breathe thy Spirit into me,
Purge mine evil heart from sin,
Make my inmost nature clean.
Verse 2
Smiting this polluted breast,
For thy purity I groan,
Never shall my spirit rest,
Till with thine intirely one,
Till in holy love renew’d
Sin I loath, and cleave to God.
Verse 3
O how distant from my hope,
How unlike my God am I!
Yet thy grace to me can stoop,
Yet thy blood can sanctify;
Let it now my soul inflow,
Make me as my Lord below.
Verse 4
Jesus, full of balmy grace,
Now thy virtuous power exert,
Foulest of the filthy race,
Lo, I offer Thee my heart,
Form it, Lord, averse from sin,
Cleanse the house by entring in.
Verse 5
By th’ indwelling God restor’d
To my pure, original state,
I shall never grieve my Lord,
Never do the thing I hate,
I shall all thy ways approve,
Love thee with a perfect love.
Verse 6
Come then, O my heart’s desire,
Strengthning me t’ abide thy day,
Sit as a Refiner’s fire,
Throughly purge my dross away
All my creature-love consume,
Come, my utmost Saviour, come!